3: Introduction to Version Control with Git and GitHub

November 1, 2023

Objective: The purpose of this lab exercise is to get familiar with using GitHub like an open-source project contributor.

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Before You Get Started

Create a GitHub Account

Visit https://github.com/join to create a new personal GitHub account.

• If you already have a personal GitHub account that you are comfortable using for this lab exercise, feel free to skip this step.

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Complete the following tutorials

Main lab assignment (15 points total)

1. https://github.com/skills/introduction-to-github (5 points)

2. https://github.com/skills/review-pull-requests (5 points)

3. https://github.com/skills/communicate-using-markdown (5 points)

Extra credit (5 points total)

1. https://github.com/skills/github-pages (5 points)

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Deliverable

15 points total (+5 extra credit for up to 20/15 points if you do everything)

• Navigate to the Lab 3 assignment in the GISC 605 course on Canvas and submit the URLs to the repositories you created during this lab.